> these numbers are across all industries, right? I think so. The way these sources gather data is somewhat opaque to me but there's nothing to suggest that it

> these numbers are across all industries, right? I think so. The way these sources gather data is somewhat opaque to me but there's nothing to suggest that it's filtered out by industry. > I suspect the number of hours a non-union knowledge worker works per year has gone up in the same time frame Huh... I don't see that data anywhere on FRED but it would be interesting to know. You can search for yourself here: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/searchresults/?st=hours%20worked https://fred.stlouisfed.org/searchresults/?st=hours%20worked Anecdotally, I have swapped stories with my father in law who started his career as a finance worker for a large corporation in the 1980s and he worked significantly more hours than I have at any of my current or previous jobs. 10+ hours 5 days a week was the expectation, plus an hour commute both ways... hard to say if that generalizes in any meaningful way though.